by any president or government ever? (or proposed)

in the UK it would probably be Labour trying to increase the maximum time allowed to detain people without charge

what is the law the NSA uses to allow surveillance to go ahead? that seems a bit silly, we've had similar hacking scandals here but as i'm aware nothing to quite the same degree

also i read that there's one in Nebraska right now that says it's perfectly legal to refuse to serve homosexuals and that even if it you're a government worker, and that it might be like that in numerous states?

is that just immoral or should people have freedom to choose.. do you think freedom of choice is above legislative domination? do you disagree entirely?

if this one has been done already i'm just going to sit and eat my hat

Too numerous and many to pick just one.....

1913 - Federal Reserve Act and the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution implementing the IRS and personal income tax

Income taxes evolved, but in 1894 the Supreme Court declared the Income Tax of 1894 unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.. The federal government scrambled to raise money.

In 1906, with the election of President Theodore Roosevelt, and later his successor William Howard Taft, the United States saw a populist movement for tax reform. This movement culminated during then candidate Woodrow Wilson's election of 1912 and in February, 1913, the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution:

1970 - Nixon takes us off the gold standard, the Petro Dollar becomes the new gold standard giving rise to Middle East power and influence over our economy.

1988 - Citizens United. "Corporations are people too!" allowing corporations to contribute to political campaigns and adulterating the election process

1999 - Gramm-��Leach-��Bliley Act (GLBA), which repealed the two provisions restricting affiliations between banks and securities firms.[3]

The term Glass-��Steagall Act is also often used to refer to the entire Banking Act of 1933, after its Congressional sponsors, Senator Carter Glass (D) of Virginia, and Representative Henry B. Steagall (D) of Alabama.[4] This article deals with only the four provisions separating commercial and investment banking. The article 1933 Banking Act describes the entire law, including the legislative history of the Glass-Steagall provisions separating commercial and investment banking. A separate 1932 law also known as the Glass-Steagall Act is described in the article Glass-��Steagall Act of 1932.

2001 - The Patriot Act.... from which MOST problems we face today have stemmed

2010 - The Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act...... never has anything been more opposed to the assumptions in it's title.....except maybe the Patriot Act above

Just to name a few...... but these are the ones most notable

But the most important...

Original 13th Amendment Is Missing. Turned the country over to the sharks which sold it to the bankers, your starting point.